Importing Word Doc (500pg book) with Subject Index

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August 12, 2024
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Our book has a Subject Index at the back (where hundreds of key word entries have been marked in the Word doc with the corresponding page numbers). Is there a way to keep those page number links active? It is far too big a job to edit them manually.

Thanks,

Geoff

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Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

You can't keep those page numbers active. If you import the book with the generated index, throw away the index after importing the document. As Robert mentioned, index markers are imported by InDesign, so simply generate the Index from InDesign's Index panel.

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GmRAuthor

Inspiring

Ok Thnaks Peter, Then InDesign is useless for this project, unless there is a way InDesign can recognise the entry markers and regenerate it. (?) The author has spent many, many hours compling his various key ideas throughout his book into the Subject Index in the back with page references, as many scholarly works do. Recreating it manually not an option.

Regards,

Geoff

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

Sorry I don't have permission to share any portion of his work, but hopefully that isn't really necessary. I appreciate you trying to help, however.

Sorry I don't have permission to share any portion of his work, but hopefully that isn't really necessary. I appreciate you trying to help, however.

By @GmR

Trying to prepare some fake document for testing is pointless.

It would be enough for me if you can give me few words from the text with corresponding part of the index.

So 2-3 index subjects and corresponding places - with index marker and few words around.

So it would be completely "out of context".

Like you've said yourself - doing it manually is out of the question - so if author wants it done in InDesign...

I already have an idea how to do it - but like I've said - it's best to work on a "real life" example.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

Have you tried to import your doc to InDesign?

There is "show import options" checkbox when you try to place word document.

Index entries should import.

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